Special Publications - Military Records
Number |
Title/Description |
Date |
Pages |
Price |
1 |
NOTORIAL DOCKET OF GEORGE CARUTHERS, 1810-1812 Introduction and Every Name Index Complete copy of the original docket book of George Caruthers, York Co, PA, Notary Public (May 1810 to 13 April 1812). Entries contain information such as business transactions; soldiers certificates and collections of bounty, pensions and military pay; letters of and powers of attorney for debt collections, estate settlements, receipt of inheritance, land sales, rent collections and granting of servants "Liberty Pass"; invention of a threshing machine and sale of a bridge patent right. Locations mentioned: York and other Pennsylvania counties, places in Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Germany, Ireland and Scotland. |
Oct 1977 |
21 |
$5 |
33 |
YORK CO, PA ASSESSORS MILITARY ROLL, 1865 Introduction and Surname Index An abstract of the 1865 York County, Pennsylvania, Assessors Military Roll. The "Roll" is an "enrollment list of all white male persons of the age of 21 years and under the age of 45 years subject to military duty...." Most entries give the names of the male enrolled, their residence (by borough or township), age, occupation, and marital status. When applicable, entries also identify those exempt or not liable, and the cause for their exemption (physical disability, paid commutation, substitute, in service, etc.). |
Jan 1987 |
166 |
$25 |
65 |
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS’ PENSION PETITIONS & OBITUARIES Introduction and Every Name Index Contains: (1) Pension Petitions taken from York County Orphans Court Dockets D, E and F and York County General Quarter Sessions Docket #12; (2) A compilation of York County Revolutionary War Soldiers' obituaries that appeared in York County newspapers. |
Oct 2006 |
48 |
$10 |
71 |
CIVIL WAR PENSION AFFIDAVITS AND INDEX TO LEDGERS OF DR. BENJAMIN F. PORTER, 1864-1888 Introduction Following the Civil War, Dr. Benjamin Franklin Porter treated over two dozen Civil War soldiers from the southern part of York County. As he examined the soldier, Porter recorded notes from this examination in a ledger. This Special Publication contains the affidavits recorded within the two volumes of Dr. Benjamin F. Porter’s ledgers that are currently part of the collection of the York County History Center. In addition to a copy of each affidavit, there is a transcription of each, and an index to the several hundred pages of every day entries in these two ledgers. |
Jul 2011 |
46 |
$10 |
75 |
AN INDEX FOR THE SCRAPBOOK OF WORLD WAR I LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS AND OTHERS Introduction, Timeline and Every Name Index An every name index to the World War I scrapbook compiled by Mildred Grass (see below). Contains: (a) World War I timeline; (b) Sample letters from soldiers and others; (c) List of York County women who served; (d) List of York County African Americans who served; (e) List of York County soldiers who died, including cause of death, birth and death dates, and names of parents and/or spouse (subject to availability). |
Nov 2013 |
64 |
$10 |
CD1 |
WORLD WAR I SCRAPBOOK COMPILED BY MILDRED GRASS Digital reproduction of a large scrapbook compiled by Mildred Grass, containing newspaper clippings of letters from soldiers and others serving in the American Expeditionary Forces, American Red Cross and YMCA from York and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania. |
Nov 2013 |
CD |
$12 |
85 |
1862 DRAFT ENROLLMENT LISTS, YORK CO, PA VOLUME 1: YORK BORO. Introduction, surname index Includes all five wards of York Borough. Spreadsheet of information from the original enrollment books showing the names of men liable to be drafted, their ages, occupations, ward or street of residence, remarks regarding military service, if any, such as date of mustering in, rank, company, regiment and other notes, and remarks regarding physical and mental disabilities, questionable ages and places of residence, and other notes. Free, white males between the ages of 18 and 45 were subject to the 1862 Civil War draft. |
Apr 2021 |
90 |
$25 |
86 |
1862 DRAFT ENROLLMENT LISTS, YORK CO, PA VOLUME 2: CENTRAL YORK COUNTY Introduction, surname index Includes the following townships: Jackson, Manchester, Paradise, Spring Garden, and West Manchester. Spreadsheet of information from the original enrollment books showing the names of men liable to be drafted, their ages, occupations, ward or street of residence, remarks regarding military service, if any, such as date of mustering in, rank, company, regiment and other notes, and remarks regarding physical and mental disabilities, questionable ages and places of residence, and other notes. Free, white males between the ages of 18 and 45 were subject to the 1862 Civil War draft. |
Nov 2021 |
72 |
$25 |
87 |
1862 DRAFT ENROLLMENT LISTS, YORK CO, PA VOLUME 3: EASTERN YORK COUNTY Introduction, surname index Includes the following townships: Hellam, Lower Windsor, Windsor, York, and Wrightsville Borough. Spreadsheet of information from the original enrollment books showing the names of men liable to be drafted, their ages, occupations, ward or street of residence, remarks regarding military service, if any, such as date of mustering in, rank, company, regiment and other notes, and remarks regarding physical and mental disabilities, questionable ages and places of residence, and other notes. Free, white males between the ages of 18 and 45 were subject to the 1862 Civil War draft. |
Apr 2022 |
80 |
$25 |